Category: Recommended Tools

FLIR C2 Review: Superman Vision with a Thermal Camera

The FLIR C2 thermal imagery camera is a full fledged member of our sales, marketing and documenting team*. In a construction business, hard evidence makes your work transparent to a customer and a fantastic...

An Airtight Home: How to Choose and Install Sill Sealer Gasket

Normally homes are built with a familiar pink polyethylene foam type sill sealer. However, there are definitely new products on the market vastly improving the effectiveness of a sill seal.

THE Best Shower Squeegee in 2022

A humble shower squeegee and 30 seconds are the secret to an immaculate shower or bath tub surround. The best shower squeegee will keep your glass and tile pristine for YEARS due to it’s...

Uses for a Thermal Image Camera

It’s Friday night. What is more fun than pointing a thermal image camera at a pizza oven on your backyard porch? You focus the camera and find out your pizza should go on the...

Expand Your Home with a White Noise Machine

Almost two weeks ago we increased our family by 25%. Whomever said babies cry softer after they are first born is flat wrong. This family came home from the hospital just before lunch time....

Master the Art of Quickly Searching Craigslist

My husband and I agree not to do a search on Craigslist looking over each other’s shoulder. If I am the one with the keyboard and mouse we are whizzing through a page of...

The Home Depot Bathroom is Better than Any Showroom Floor!

Yes, the Home Depot bathroom is better than a Floor and Decor, Ferguson or any local fancy showroom floor. Any Home Depot bathroom is better than those found in Saks Fifth Avenue, a penthouse...

The Best 20 Ton Jack: The Cheap One You Own

When we hired two foundation crews for two different houses they both rolled up with an arsenal of 20 ton bottle jacks.* If professionals use them by the dozen, DIY weekend warriors should too....

Earplugs: Which are Best for Hammering…and Sleeping

Ear protection is a must when working with power tools on projects. Which is why I invite my husband to wear earplugs when I tell him I’d still like to hold normal level decibel...

The Best Wet Tile Saw in 2022 for an Engineer

The best wet tile saw in 2020 for an engineer is the DeWALT D24000. Forget renting or borrowing a wet tile saw. We make some decent change at work and we have several tile...